Abstract: Apparatus for separating a receiver from a micro-fluidic contact print head after ink image pixels have been printed by the print head on the receiver, including a print head having a plurality of ink channels for delivering ink to the receiver when the receiver is in ink transfer contact with the print head; air plenums which are associated with each ink channel and a member defining an air channel for conducting air to the air plenum; and the apparatus is effective after the ink has been transferred from the plurality of ink channels to the receiver for causing air to be delivered from the air channel into the air plenum to exert a pressure which causes the separation of the receiver from the print head.

Abstract: A remote control includes a cover plate formed of a single piece of rigid material. The cover plate is removably attached to the remote control and is adapted for preventing depression of a first set of buttons while permitting depression of a second set of buttons when attached to the remote. Fasteners such as Velcro are used to removably attach the cover plate to the remote control. Preferably, the cover plate is flat and comprised of metal or plastic so that it can be cost-effectively made and easily adapted for use with a variety of types of remotes.

Abstract: This is a pair of improvements for a plot rolling mechanism for a pen plotter or the like having a rolling mechanism with an entry opening and a receiving bin for receiving rolled plots. The first improvement comprises a sealing mechanism for sealing the entry opening during plotting, the sealing mechanism being rotatable between a sealing position blocking the entry opening and a retracted position not blocking the entry opening and apparatus for rotating the sealing mechanism between the sealing position and the retracted position.

Abstract: An apparatus for automatically discharging a paper box of a color video printer comprising paper box discharging lever for pushing the paper box toward a predetermined discharging position, the lever rotatably mounted on a main frame of the printer, a sliding lever for causing discharging lever to rotate, the sliding lever movably mounted on the main frame so as to be rectilinearly reciprocated, a sensing member for determining whether the printed paper is received by the paper box, a driving member for selectively driving the sliding lever in accordance with a control signal applied from the sensing member thereto, and an elastic support member for elastically supporting the sliding lever. The paper box discharging apparatus of this invention provides advantage in that it provides the facility in maniuplation of the color video printer and improving the reliability of the printer.

Abstract: A chart recorder is described, which is especially useful in recording the temperature of a cargo being shipped, which can be constructed at low cost and which provides a tamper-resistant and accurate record. The recorder includes a strip of pressure-markable paper having an inner portion wound into a roll and an outer portion forming a leader. The leader extends past a marking station, a transport that pulls the leader, a storage space within a housing that encloses the rest of the mechanism, and through an opening in the housing with the outer end of the strip attached to the outside of the housing. During recording, the chart is pushed by the transport station into multiple folds lying in the storage space of the housing. The strip can be removed by pulling on its outer end to pull it out of the housing. Pulling of the outer end releases the strip from the marking and transport stations.

Abstract: A banking machine having a single opening for both envelope and individual check or note deposit is disclosed. The entrance to the depository has a deposit item thickness sensor just inside of the deposit gate opening which can detect the difference between a thicker envelope deposit item and a thinner single sheet of paper. A computer is responsive to signals from the thickness sensor to control a deflector which permits envelopes to pass directly through to a sequential stacking deposit bin. Alternately, the thickness sensor causes the computer to control the deflector to divert a single sheet of paper into a read leg of the bifurcated transport. After entering the read path, document alignment rolls placed at a slight angle to the direction of document travel tend to move the document toward a registration edge before the document passes the read head.

Abstract: An electrically actuatable locking device having a housing provided with an insertion channel for a card-shaped key element, at least one memory which reads the code of the key element when arranged in said housing, and, in order to increase the safety and value in use of such a locking device, an insertion element of a printer reads the information in the memory and can be introduced into the insertion channel.

Abstract: A depository envelope printing apparatus prints transaction identifying characters on envelopes deposited into an ATM, which envelopes may be of uneven contour as a result of their containing coins or folded notes or instruments. The apparatus includes a print head (120) and a tracking shoe (121) mounted on a carriage plate (110). The carriage plate is floatably mounted inside the ATM such that the tracking shoe tracks a depository envelope surface which is to accept printing as the envelope is being moved from the ATM customer to a place of storage within the ATM by a transport mechanism. The movements of the tracking shoe are transmitted to the print head so that it follows the contour of the envelope while printing is performed thereon. A probe located ahead of the tracking shoe in the direction of the envelope path tracks the level of the envelope surface a distance in advance of the tracking shoe.

Abstract: A depository/printer mechanism is provided for use with an automated teller machine (ATM). The mechanism includes an envelope tray for receiving a customer envelope to be deposited in a depository bin, a support assembly for supporting the envelope tray for movement between horizontal and vertical positions, and a printer frame secured to the support assembly. A printer carriage is also provided including a motor for reciprocating the printer carriage in the printer frame between a first position and a second position, and from the second position back to the first position. The printer carriage includes a printer module for printing indicia on the customer envelope.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording section for sequentially recording reception signals on a continuous, unused recording paper, starting with one end thereof, a cutter for cutting the recording paper to a predetermined length after the recording of the recording paper portion is completed, a developing device for causing a latent image on the recording paper so cut to be developed into a visual image, and a fixing device for causing the visual image to be fixed as a permanent image.

Abstract: The depositor device is an attachment for and is combined with known ATM-type depositories for banking deposits energized by customer identification bank credit cards which are used for verifying the customer's identity. The depositor prints on an adhesive label stuck after printing onto the deposit-containing envelope entered into the depository, information entered into the ATM control system by the customer concerning the amount of the deposit, the customer's checking and/or savings account numbers, the customer's personal identification number, the time and date of the deposit, etc. Such information is necessary or desirable for the rapid processing by the bank of the deposit transaction. The label is on a label supply carrying strip when printed, and is peeled from the carrying strip and stuck onto the deposit-containing envelope, which may contain coin, as the envelope moves through the depositor.

Abstract: This disclosure is concerned with a novel digital multi-point recorder that is microprocessor-controlled and enables impact printing from in back of the recorder paper to provide a front visible flat print-out of pages of on-line running summary data suited for operator viewing in industrial and similar locations, and providing a record for direct use in reports and logs.

Abstract: A remote depository for receiving bank transaction deposits in envelopes at an unmanned location under conditions of security. The depository has a belt conveyor having entry and exit ends, one of which is closed at all times. The conveyor discharges into a locked deposit receiver such as a container which may be locked when removing it from association with the conveyor. The container may be a sealed, tamper-indicating container latched to the conveyor when unlocked upon being connected with the container. The conveyor has a probe which enters the deposit receiver to sense when the receiver is filled to capacity. If the receiver is completely full, the probe disables the conveyor so that it will not accept additional deposit envelopes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a time verification apparatus for the establishment of the time of the introduction of an article into the apparatus, with a stamping mechanism driven by clockwork to print the time upon a data carrier, with a magazine having an aperture for the insertion of the article and a manually operable indexing wheel through the actuation of which the article is transported out of the zone of the aperture, the stamping mechanism is actuated and when the actuation is completed the aperture is opened for the insertion of a fresh article into the magazine.

Abstract: An apparatus for confirming a bank deposit having been actually done at a bank night depository chute, thus eliminating subsequent contradiction of the unwitnessed deposit between the bank and the depositor, the apparatus including a dual camera that is activated to operate when the chute door is unlocked, so a forward extending lens photographs the face of the depositor, and another lens, pointing into the chute, photographs the package deposited into the chute, the invention also including another design in which the dual camera is of movie camera type that records the entire operation inside the chute from the amount of the chute door opening to the closing thereof so to indicate if the package is removed again before door closing, and the apparatus including auxillary, spaced apart still camera all pointed at the depositor so to prevent easy covering of the lens.

Abstract: Apparatus is described for use in depositing bank deposit envelopes in a receptacle according to an enforced sequence of actions in a deposit cycle, each action having to take place within specified time periods. The apparatus includes error testing means terminating the deposit cycle at any stage thereof in which an action occurs deviating from the predetermined sequence or not within a time period specified in the sequence. The sequence controller includes a shift register having an output for each stage in the cycle, a logical gate for each stage which gate is enabled by a signal from the shift-register output of the preceding stage, and clocking means responsive to the output signals from the logical gates for clocking the shift-register.

Abstract: A depository construction for receiving deposits at unattended banking equipment units in deposit-containing envelopes, and for issuing receipts for such deposits to bank customers. The customer activates the depository mechanism to initiate a deposit procedure by pressing a button, using a key or inserting a customer-identifying card at a banking unit. Activation of the mechanism opens an entry gate for a horizontal deposit entry slot to permit a deposit-containing envelope to be inserted into the slot, and energizes the drive mechanism of an envelope belt conveyor to transport the envelope through the mechanism. As the trailing end of the envelope passes an entry sensor, the entry gate is closed and a conveyor exit gate is opened. As the leading end of the envelope arrives at the exit end of the conveyor, an exit sensor energizes a printer beyond the exit end of the conveyor which stamps deposit data on the envelope.

Abstract: Integral with a high speed, computer control banking machine is a depository system to provide a fully automatic teller station. At the customer interface there is an entry gate controlled to an open position by a solenoid actuated in accordance with computer generated signals. A deposit envelope inserted through the entry gate is detected by a light sensor as it moves along a pinch roller transport extending to a printing station. An envelope transported to the printing station is held in a fixed position while a numeric print machine is actuated to imprint on the envelope identifying data. When the print cycle is completed, a computer generated signal energizes a solenoid to open a security door to a storage bin and reactuates the pinch roller transport to deliver the envelope into the storage bin. A sensor is activated when an envelope enters the storage bin and the security door is closed and locked as the trailing edge of the envelope passes the sensor.

Abstract: Apparatus, means, and method for a verified mail system comprising copying devices for making copies of mail contents, a central depository for storage of the copied mail contents, a system for retrieval of copied mail contents and the reproduction of mail contents on an unalterable medium.

Abstract: A depository for receiving, imprinting and storing deposited articles of varying thickness including a housing having a slot in the front thereof through which articles of variable thickness are inserted, a vault also located within the housing into which articles inserted through the housing slot are ultimately transferred for storage, and a movable tube for temporarily storing an article inserted therein through the housing slot while the same is imprinted with a date of deposit or the like and thereafter transferring the imprinted article to the vault.